Desiree and I spent considerable time over the last couple weeks putting together documents for attaining a permanent residence (green) card for her. In all, we are submitting a packet with some 20 documents to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
Two of the required forms—the I-864
and the I-485—are extremely dense. Put
together, these forms comprise 28 pages of required information about the
petitioner (me) and the beneficiary (Desiree).
Last night, we finalized our
work on the green card petition and sealed everything inside a giant envelope
for submission by mail.
A strange mix of unease and
hope overcame both of us as we sealed our work in the envelope. There exists plenty of room for error on our
part. And, as near as we can tell, another
six to eight months will be required to complete the process.
Posted is a photograph of what people look like only moments before they stuff green card application documents inside an envelope.
The “Green Card” Look
—Mitchell Hegman
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